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SF59 (Legislative Session 94 (2025-2026))

Procedures establishment for county to alter preexisting boundary line

Related bill: HF531

AI Generated Summary

This legislative bill (SF No 59) presented in the Minnesota Senate focuses on local government and land survey processes. Its main purposes are:

  1. Updating County Survey Procedures: The bill modifies the procedures for how counties can alter their preexisting boundary lines. It clarifies what needs to happen when a county decides to correct or adjust boundaries based on historical or newly gathered data.

  2. Restoring Land Survey Monuments: It mandates that counties must actively restore and maintain the monuments established by the U.S. public land surveys that mark property corners and boundaries. If these monuments have been destroyed or damaged, the county must hire a licensed land surveyor to replace them with durable, magnetic markers.

  3. Documentation and Filing: After restoring these landmarks, the land surveyor must make detailed records of the survey, allowing the layout to be retraced in the future. These records and a certificate confirming the location of each monument must be filed either with the county surveyor (if such an office exists) or otherwise with the county recorder within one year of completing the survey.

This bill ensures that historical land survey data is preserved accurately, which is critical for property management, county planning, and legal documentation concerning land boundaries.

Bill text versions

Actions

DateChamberWhereTypeNameCommittee Name
January 15, 2025SenateFloorActionIntroduction and first reading
January 15, 2025SenateFloorActionReferred toState and Local Government
January 29, 2025SenateFloorActionComm report: To pass as amended and re-refer toJudiciary and Public Safety

Citations

 
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  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "Must employ a licensed land surveyor to perpetuate monuments."
      ],
      "removed": [
        "Previous optional employment of land surveyors."
      ],
      "summary": "The bill amends procedures for county surveyors under section 38112, requiring the employment of a land surveyor to restore land survey monuments.",
      "modified": [
        "Clarifies filing requirements for surveys and certificates."
      ]
    },
    "citation": "38112"
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "A new subdivision added to clarify survey records."
      ],
      "summary": "The bill adds a subdivision to section 508671 clarifying requirements for survey records.",
      "modified": []
    },
    "citation": "508671"
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "The bill amends section 55923, presumably related to land surveys or monumentation.",
      "modified": [
        "Procedures surrounding survey monuments or boundary alterations."
      ]
    },
    "citation": "55923"
  }
]

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